Anthropologist Jablonski delves into the natural history of skin in animals and people and explains its structure and function, its evolution as a nearly hairless body covering in people, and the utility of its pigment melanin.

The idea that Seafish, the compulsory levy body covering wild-caught seafood, should take on the interests of Scottish salmon--a farmed fish sector covered by a voluntary levy--has not been laughed out of court by fisheries departments.

The Ofcom board will oversee the creation of the new independent regulatory body covering broadcasting, telecommunications and the responsibilities of the existing regulators in these sectors, the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC), the Independent Television Commission (ITC), the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel), the Radio Authority and the Radiocommunications Agency.

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